Legal Opinion
Wettanen v. Cowper
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1988No. S-1882PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ. MATTHEWS, Justice.
Arthur Wettanen appeals from the superior court’s order granting summary judgment and dismissing his attorney malpractice action against Stephen Cowper. The order was based upon the running of the two-year tort statute of limitations applicable to malpractice actions. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
For purposes of this appeal the factual allegations contained in Wettanen’s verified complaint must be taken as true. It is from this perspective that the following facts are related.
In 1982, Wettanen…
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